Which to use
“loo” and “looks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,432
- “loo” frequency rank
- #25,386
- “looks” frequency rank
- 72818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | loo | looks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cabinets, toilettes, waters, petit coin (pièce destinée à faire ses besoins). | Pluriel de look. |
Where the eye mixes loo and looks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between loo and looks
A purely visual mix-up. loo (\lu\) and looks (\luk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “loo” sits inside “looks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
loo is recorded at frequency rank #47,432, classified as anoun, pronounced \lu\. looks is at rank #25,386, tagged as anoun, pronounced \luk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 72818, this pair ranks #42,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of loo vs looks
Shared letters: lo. Private to "loo": -. Private to "looks": ks.
"loo" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "looks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- looks ← llooks · lokos · loks · lookks · lookss · loosk · oloks
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "loo" for "looks" ever safe?
Which is more common, "loo" or "looks"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "loo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "looks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "loo" and "looks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "longo vs loo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #42,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.